Working with organic producers, specialists, and researchers, a great organic tour of both peanut and cotton production has been planned for Wednesday, August 19th in the Seminole area. The tour will start with registration at 8:00 am at the Gaines Co. Civic Building in Seminole at 402 NW 5th Street (Corner of NW 5th and NW Ave. D). The tour will leave at 8:45 am from the Civic Building and return at 12:20 pm for a sponsored lunch. Two continuing education credits for TDA Pesticide Licenses will be offered on the tour. There is no cost to attend!
The 2025 stops on the tour included the Neil Froese Peanut Farm just north of Seminole on CR 108 and CR 109 east of Hwy 62 North. At this organic peanut field tour participants did discuss growing organic peanuts and production in 2025. Dr. John Cason, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Peanut Breeder talked about a research variety trial in this field for organic peanuts. Dr. Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomist – Lubbock discussed alternative crops for organic producers. Dr. Emi Kimura, Extension Agronomist and State Peanut Specialist talked about general peanut production in Texas.
The next stop on the 2025 tour stopped at an organic cotton field on the Froese farm close to the peanut field.
A special part of the tour in 2026 will but information about the use of robotics for field operations, particularly weed control in cotton and peanut production. Carbon Robotics and others are working with us to be a part of the tour and to show off some current research projects.
After lunch at the Gaines County Civic Building, a few minutes will be spent on an Organic Cotton and Peanut Market Update and answering questions for the 2026 season.
2025 Sponsors for the Organic Cotton and Peanut Tour included Birdsong Peanuts, Texas Peanut Producers Board, May Cotton Seed, Golden Peanuts, OrCal, Inc, Texas Earth, South Plains Compost, Kunafin Insectary, Living Water, Viatrac Fertilizer, Certis Biologicals, AgTexas Farm Credit Services, Capital Farm Credit, JH Biotech, Dragon-Line Irrigation, Attune Ag, and New Deal Grain. We hope to see these and more at the 2026 Tour!
Texas A&M AgriLife Organic 